Episode 278: Welcome to Austria

It's offficially the pre-season for Eurovision 2026 and we have a lot of news to get caught up on. We're heading to Vienna in May and planning for the national final season is underway. We also review Austria's CV at Eurovision.

Welcome to Austria Summary

• Willkommen in Wien (0:49)
• National Final Updates: Austria, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Ukraine (4:40)
• Coming up: Eurovision's Rebranding and the Intervision Song Contest (11:14)
• Austria at Eurovision (13:29)
• Eurovision Asia J/K (22:17)

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• ESC Insight: France 1959
• Wind Machine Podcast: Austria 1967
• The EuroWhat? Podcast: Yugoslavia 1990
• Niall Points: Latvia 2003
• 12 Points from America: Belgium 1987
• That Eurovision Site: Denmark 1964
• Douze Points: Azerbaijan 2012

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